Steven A. Luxton

Partner

Steven A. Luxton is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Luxton focuses his practice on the areas of product liability, complex mass tort and toxic tort litigation, and commercial litigation. He has represented a wide array of clients ranging from large corporations to small businesses in state and federal courts throughout the country and has tried cases in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

His litigation experience includes all phases of discovery and trial. Mr. Luxton has taken and defended hundreds of fact and expert witness depositions; briefed and argued complex motions and state and administrative appeals; and tried both bench and jury trials involving a broad range of issues including product liability, personal injury, and commercial disputes.

In his mass tort and toxic tort practice, he has successfully defended a wide variety of corporate clients in claims involving exposure to solvents, asbestos, silica, and numerous other substances. In his commercial litigation practice, Mr. Luxton has represented companies and individuals in a diverse array of business disputes involving tortious interference with business relationships, contractual disputes, and fraud.

Mr. Luxton received his LL.M., with high honors, in litigation and dispute resolution at George Washington University Law School. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was a member of the University of Baltimore Law Review. He received his B.A. in political science and policy management studies from Dickinson College. After law school, Mr. Luxton served as a law clerk to Judge Robert E. Cadigan of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Luxton practiced in the litigation department of several prominent law firms in Baltimore.

Mr. Luxton is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Texas, Maryland, West Virginia, and Kentucky and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.